EU Market Risk Manager

About this role

All Options is looking for a Market Risk Manager to join our team in Amsterdam. You will be at the center of how we manage risk as a market maker, with real responsibility from day one. You’ll set trading limits, refine policies, and ensure our risk appetite and controls stay aligned.

Day-to-day, you’ll monitor risk live on our trading floor and work closely with trading teams: stress-testing assumptions, evaluating risk-reward tradeoffs, optimizing capital allocation, and supporting deployment of new quantitative and algorithmic strategies.

You’ll also drive strategic initiatives: strengthening our limits framework, improving risk processes, and ensuring regulatory and clearing requirements are met. This is a high-impact role where your decisions directly shape both our risk profile and our ability to capture trading opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily market risk management of our equity derivatives business, engaging directly with traders, clearing banks, trading venues
• Monitor and investigate risk concentrations, clearing bank requirements, operational incidents, unusual trades and market moves, linking insights to current exposures
• Operate and improve our market and operational risk frameworks, with a strong focus on automated trading strategies and effective incident follow-up
• Design, improve, and operate our market risk frameworks and automated monitoring tools in Python
• Assess and sign off on new trading strategies and algorithms
• Further develop the risk-control framework, including policies, with a strong focus on trading and technology
• Provide input to optimize capital and liquidity allocation and usage of trading strategies
• Key

Requirements

• 3-5 years of professional experience in an equity derivatives trading firm
• Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as STEM, Statistics, Economics, or Finance
• Hands-on understanding of equity and derivatives trading
• Clear understanding of risk factors that affect a market maker company trading a large equity derivatives portfolio

- Excellent numerical and analytical skills

• Able to both design and implement aspects of risk management frameworks
• Able to utilize enterprise AI tooling to increase efficiency and control

- Independent thinker, with convincing communication skills

• Results-oriented with attention to detail and focus on quality of work
• Mindset geared towards continuous improvement and innovation
• Collaborative team player, able to contribute in fast-paced trading environment
• Why Join All Options?

At All Options, we offer a dynamic role with room for professional development and collaboration. Enjoy a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, profit sharing, 29 vacation days, and perks like a well-being allowance and in-house meals. Celebrate success with monthly drinks and festivities, and take advantage of our bicycle plan, and NS Business Card.

• Apply Now!

If this sounds like your next challenge, submit your CV and cover letter. Our interview process ensures we find the right fit and if it’s a match, we can’t wait to welcome you to the team!